Nail art device, system and method using magnetism

ABSTRACT

The nail art device having a control unit, a holder, and a display panel that contains nanomagnetic particles and displays a magnetic pattern by arranging nanomagnetic particles controlled by the control unit is provided. When a finger, to the nail of which polish having a metallic component has been applied, is placed in the holder, the polish applied to the nail reacts with the magnetism of the magnetic pattern displayed on the display panel to form a nail pattern.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Exemplary embodiments relate to a device, a system, and a method fornail art, and more particularly, to a device, a system, and a method fornail art using magnetism.

BACKGROUND ART

Unlike typical print media such as paper, since a nail is a portion of ahuman body, the nail has physical properties that are relatively smallin size, have a non-flat surface, and are not easy to print.

Accordingly, it is difficult to engrave an elaborate and beautifulpattern desired by a user on the nail by means of nail art work througha printing process.

In addition, due to the nature of the printing process using ink, it isdifficult to apply a manicure used for manual nail art to the printingprocess. Therefore, such a printing process has a limit to reproductionof characteristics, such as texture, color, and expression, of the nailart using the manicure.

Meanwhile, there is a Korean Patent No. 10-1030390 as a related art.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION Technical Problem

Various embodiments are directed to providing an device, a system, and amethod for nail art, capable of engraving an elaborate and beautifulpattern on a nail by improving a limit of a printing manner.

Various embodiments are directed to providing an device, a system, and amethod for nail art, capable of maximally realizing characteristics,such as texture, color, and expression, of nail art using a manicure.

Technical solution to achieve the present invention is not limited tothe technical solution mentioned above, other technical solutions notmentioned here are to be clearly understood to those skilled in the artby following descriptions.

Technical Solution

In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a nail artdevice includes a control unit, a holder, and a display panel containingnano-magnetic particles therein, the display panel arranging thenano-magnetic particles to display a magnetic pattern under control ofthe control unit. Here, a manicure containing metal elements on a nail,which is put on the holder, reacts to magnetism of the magnetic patterndisplayed on the display panel to thus form a nail pattern.

The nail art device may further include a communication unit whichcommunicates with an external user device, and the control unit mayreceive pattern information according to a user's selection through thecommunication unit from the user device, and then output a controlsignal corresponding to the received pattern information, therebyallowing the magnetic pattern to be displayed on the display panel.

In the nail art device, the holder may be concavely formed at a positionfacing the display panel such that a finger, the nail of which isapplied with the manicure containing metal elements, is put on theholder.

In the nail art device, a shade difference may be given on the manicureby attractive force and repulsive force acting between the nano-magneticparticles arranged along the magnetic pattern in the display panel andthe manicure containing metal elements applied to the nail, therebyforming the nail pattern.

In the nail art device, the display panel may be realized as a liquidcrystal display panel in which nano-magnetic particles are dispersed ona liquid crystal layer thereof.

In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, a nail artsystem includes a nail art device including a control unit, a holder,and a display panel which arranges nano-magnetic particles containedtherein to display a magnetic pattern under control of the control unit,and a user device which provides an inquiry function and a selectionfunction such that a user is able to select any one of a plurality ofpatterns, and is connected to the nail art device to transmit patterninformation according to a user's selection. Here, the nail art devicereceives pattern information from the user device to display a magneticpattern corresponding to the received pattern information on the displaypanel, thereby allowing a manicure containing metal elements on a nailwhich is put on the holder to react to magnetism of the magnetic patterndisplayed on the display panel, to thus form a nail pattern.

In the nail art system, the user device may be at least any one of asmart phone, a smart television, and a PC which are loaded with anapplication providing a user interface for inquiry, selection, andtransmission functions of the plural patterns.

In the nail art system, the user device may allow a pattern inquired orselected by a user to be displayed together on the display panel bysynchronizing at least a portion of a screen of the user device with ascreen of the display panel provided in the nail art device.

In accordance with a further aspect of the present disclosure, a nailart method using an device including a display panel, which containsnano-magnetic particles, and a holder, includes the device setting acommunication link to be connected to an external user device, thedevice receiving pattern information according to a user's selectionfrom the user device, and the device displaying a magnetic patterncorresponding to the received pattern information on the display panel,thereby allowing, when a finger, a nail of which is applied with amanicure containing metal elements, is put on the holder, the manicurecontaining metal elements to react to magnetism of the magnetic patterndisplayed on the display panel, to thus form a nail pattern.

Advantageous Effects

In accordance with the embodiments, it may be possible to engrave anelaborate and beautiful pattern on a nail by improving a limit of aprinting manner using magnetism.

In addition, in accordance with the embodiments, it may be possible tomaximally realize characteristics, such as texture, color, andexpression, of nail art using a manicure.

Furthermore, in accordance with the embodiments, anyone may easilyselect a desired nail pattern to automatically perform nail art work,and it may be possible to reduce costs and time required for nail art.

Accordingly, in accordance with the embodiments, it may be possible toengrave an elaborate and beautiful pattern on a nail by improving alimit of a printing manner, and anyone may easily automatically performnail art work so that it is possible to reduce costs and time requiredfor nail art.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a configuration of a nail art deviceaccording to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the nail art device according tothe embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a configuration of a nail art systemaccording to another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a nail art method according to a furtherembodiment.

<Explanation of symbols> 110: holder 120: display panel 121:nano-magnetic particles 130: control unit 140: communication unit 150:battery 160: charging unit

BEST MODE

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in further detailwith reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a configuration of a nail art deviceaccording to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of thenail art device according to the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, a nail art (also referred as “nail polish”) device100 according to an embodiment includes a holder 110 on which a user'sfinger is put for nail art work, a display panel 120 to display patternsfor nail art work on a screen, etc.

In addition, the nail art device 100 may include, as shown in FIG. 2, acontrol unit 130 to control overall operation of each part thereof, acommunication unit 140 which transmits and receives data to and from theoutside, a battery 150 to supply power, and a charging unit 160.

In the embodiment, the holder 110 is concavely formed at a positionfacing the display panel 120 such that a finger, a nail of which isapplied with a manicure containing metal elements, is put on the holder110, as shown in FIG. 1.

The display panel 120 is mounted to face the holder 110 which is formedof a size corresponding to a person's nail, and contains nano-magneticparticles 121 having magnetism. The nano-magnetic particles areferromagnetic particles, each having a size of about 10 nanometers.Examples of the nano-magnetic particles include iron oxide, ferrite,etc. The nano-magnetic particles commonly mix with liquid (dispersionsolvent), and is thus useful in a colloid state.

For example, the display panel 120 may be a liquid crystal displaypanel, and be realized in a manner of mixing and dispersing thenano-magnetic particles 121 on a liquid crystal layer of the liquidcrystal display panel.

This display panel 120 arranges the nano-magnetic particles 121contained therein according to a pattern selected by a user undercontrol of the control unit 130, and operates to form (display) aspecific magnetic pattern on the screen.

In the embodiment, a user may install an application for nail art workin user's own user device (for example, a smart phone, a smarttelevision, or the like). Subsequently, the user may inquire intopatterns for nail art through the application, and then select a desiredpattern of them to transmit the same to the nail art device 100.

The control unit 130 receives pattern information according to a user'sselection through the communication unit 140 from the user device,generates a control signal (for example, a data voltage or a drive pulsebased on pixel data of the pattern) corresponding to the receivedpattern information, and then outputs the same to the display panel 120,thereby allowing a magnetic pattern selected by a user to be displayedon the display panel 120.

After inquiring into various nail patterns using the application of thecarrying user device, a user may select a desired specific pattern totransmit information of the pattern to the nail art device 100.

The communication unit 140 serves to transmit and receive the patternselected by a user in such a way to communicate with an external userdevice by setup of a communication link. For example, such acommunication unit 140 may include a communication port such as a USB(Universal Serial Bus) terminal or an earphone terminal, and a shortrange wireless communication module such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or NFC(Near Field Communication).

After selecting a desired nail pattern through the application of theuser device, a user puts the finger, the nail of which is applied withthe manicure containing metal elements, on the holder 110 and causesuser's own nail applied with the manicure to be located at a positionfacing the display panel 120 which is displaying the magnetic pattern,in order to perform the nail art work.

As described above, the control unit 130 receives pattern informationaccording to a user's selection by communicating with the user devicethrough the communication unit 140, and then outputs a control signalcorresponding to the received pattern information to the display panel120 to arrange the nano-magnetic particles 121, thereby allowing thespecific magnetic pattern corresponding to a user's selection to bedisplayed on the display panel 120.

In this case, the nano-magnetic particles 121 contained in the displaypanel 120 are closely located to the manicure containing metal elementsapplied to the nail of a user such that they face each other.

The nano-magnetic particles 121 of the display panel 120 have magnetism.Therefore, when a specific magnetic pattern based on pattern informationreceived from the user device is formed by arrangement of thenano-magnetic particles 121, the manicure containing metal elements onthe user's nail put on the holder 110 reacts to magnetism of themagnetic pattern displayed on the display panel 120, thereby enabling anail pattern corresponding to the same to be formed.

That is, when the specific magnetic pattern is displayed on the displaypanel 120 having the nano-magnetic particles 121 and the finger, thenail of which is applied with the manicure containing metal elements, isput on the holder 110, a shade difference is generated on the manicureby magnetic properties, with the consequence that the nail pattern maybe formed on the nail. In other words, the shade difference is given onthe manicure by attractive force and repulsive force acting between thenano-magnetic particles 121 arranged along the magnetic pattern in thedisplay panel 120 and the manicure containing metal elements applied tothe nail, thereby forming the nail pattern.

In order to form the nail pattern in such a manner, metal elements,which react to the magnet, of 0.01% or more are included in themanicure. In addition, as the metal elements, all types of metalsincluding iron compounds such as iron and iron oxide, nickel, cobalt,rare metals (for example, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, erbium, etc.)which are movable by magnetic field, compounds thereof, and the like maybe used.

FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a configuration of a nail art systemaccording to another embodiment.

A user 300 may connect to a nail art device 100 using user's own userdevice 200 to select a desired pattern for nail art. The nail art device100 includes, as described above, the control unit 130, the holder 110,and the display panel 120 which arranges nano-magnetic particles 121contained therein to display a magnetic pattern under control of thecontrol unit 130.

An application installed in the user device 200 provides an inquiryfunction and a selection function such that the user 300 may select anyone of a plurality of patterns for nail art, and is connected to thenail art device 100 to transmit pattern information according to auser's selection.

When the user 300 inquiries into the patterns for nail art using theapplication of the user device 200 and then selects one pattern of them,information of the pattern is transmitted to the nail art device 100, sothat the magnetic pattern corresponding to the pattern informationreceived from the user device 200 is displayed on the display panel 120of the nail art device 100.

In the embodiment, the user device 200 is loaded with an applicationwhich provides a user interface for inquiry, selection, and transmissionfunctions of the plural patterns. As such a user device 200, a smartphone, a smart television, a PC (Personal Computer), and the like may beutilized.

Furthermore, the user device 200 may enhance a user's convenience insuch a way as to allow the pattern inquired or selected by the user 300on the user device 200 to be displayed together on the display panel 120by synchronizing at least a portion of a screen of the user device 200with a screen of the display panel 120 provided in the nail art device100.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a nail art method according to a furtherembodiment.

First, a user 300 executes an application for nail art work on user'sown user device 200 (S110). Then, the user device 200 is mutuallyconnected with a nail art device 100 by automatically or manuallysetting a communication link with the nail art device 100 (S120).

Subsequently, the user 300 inquiries into a plurality of patterns fornail art using the application of the user device 200, and then selectsa desired specific pattern of them (S130) to transmit information of thepattern to the nail art device 100 (S140).

The nail art device 100, which receives the pattern informationaccording to a user's selection from the user device 200 through stepS140, arranges nano-magnetic particles 121 of a display panel 120 todisplay a magnetic pattern corresponding to a user's selection on theprovided display panel 120 in response to the received patterninformation (S150).

In this case, the user 300 puts a finger, a nail of which is appliedwith a manicure containing metal elements, on a holder 110 of the nailart device 100, and causes the nail, on which nail art work is to beperformed, to be located at a position facing the display panel 120containing the nano-magnetic particles 121 (S160).

When the finger, the nail of which is applied with the manicurecontaining metal elements, is put on the holder 110 of the nail artdevice 100, the finger put on the holder 110 is located beneath thedisplay panel 120 which is displaying the magnetic pattern correspondingto the pattern information selected by the user. Consequently, themanicure containing metal elements on the nail reacts to magnetism ofthe magnetic pattern displayed on the display panel 120, so that a nailpattern desired by the user 300 is formed (S170).

The configuration of the nail art device, system and method using a UVlight is not limited the above-described embodiments, and can be carriedout by various modifications within the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

A nail art device, system and method, which can engrave an elaborate andbeautiful pattern on a nail by improving a limit of a printing manner,may be provided. Further, a nail art device, system and method, whichcan maximally realize characteristics, such as texture, color, andexpression, of nail art using a manicure, may be provided.

1. A nail art device comprising: a control unit; a holder; and a displaypanel containing nano-magnetic particles therein, the display panelarranging the nano-magnetic particles to display a magnetic patternunder control of the control unit, wherein a manicure containing metalelements on a nail, which is put on the holder, reacts to magnetism ofthe magnetic pattern displayed on the display panel to thus form a nailpattern.
 2. The nail art device according to claim 1, furthercomprising: a communication unit which communicates with an externaluser device, wherein the control unit receives pattern informationaccording to a user's selection through the communication unit from theuser device, and then outputs a control signal corresponding to thereceived pattern information, thereby allowing the magnetic pattern tobe displayed on the display panel.
 3. The nail art device according toclaim 1, wherein the holder is concavely formed at a position facing thedisplay panel such that a finger, the nail of which is applied with themanicure containing metal elements, is put on the holder.
 4. The nailart device according to claim 1, wherein a shade difference is given onthe manicure by attractive force and repulsive force acting between thenano-magnetic particles arranged along the magnetic pattern in thedisplay panel and the manicure containing metal elements applied to thenail, thereby forming the nail pattern.
 5. The nail art device accordingto claim 1, wherein the display panel is realized as a liquid crystaldisplay panel in which nano-magnetic particles are dispersed on a liquidcrystal layer thereof.
 6. A nail art system comprising: a nail artdevice comprising a control unit, a holder, and a display panel whicharranges nano-magnetic particles contained therein to display a magneticpattern under control of the control unit; and a user device whichprovides an inquiry function and a selection function such that a useris able to select any one of a plurality of patterns, and is connectedto the nail art device to transmit pattern information according to auser's selection, wherein the nail art device receives patterninformation from the user device to display a magnetic patterncorresponding to the received pattern information on the display panel,thereby allowing a manicure containing metal elements on a nail which isput on the holder to react to magnetism of the magnetic patterndisplayed on the display panel, to thus form a nail pattern.
 7. The nailart system according to claim 6, wherein the user device is at least anyone of a smart phone, a smart television, and a Personal Computer whichare loaded with an application providing a user interface for inquiry,selection, and transmission functions of the plural patterns.
 8. Thenail art system according to claim 6, wherein the user device allows apattern inquired or selected by a user to be displayed together on thedisplay panel by synchronizing at least a portion of a screen of theuser device with a screen of the display panel provided in the nail artdevice.
 9. A nail art method using a nail art device including a displaypanel, which contains nano-magnetic particles, and a holder, comprising:the nail art device setting a communication link to be connected to anexternal user device; the nail art device receiving pattern informationaccording to a user's selection from the user device; and the nail artdevice displaying a magnetic pattern corresponding to the receivedpattern information on the display panel, thereby allowing, when afinger, a nail of which is applied with a manicure containing metalelements, is put on the holder, the manicure containing metal elementsto react to magnetism of the magnetic pattern displayed on the displaypanel, to thus form a nail pattern.